2018 Under-19 World Cup, India vs Papua New Guinea: Things which went right for India

#2 Opening partnership

India took just 8 overs to achieve the target of 65 runs that was set for them by Papua New Guinea.

The Indian openers Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra continued their fine run of form and picked up from where they had left in the tournament opener against Australia on Sunday and ended up sharing an unbeaten opening stand of 65 to defeat their opponents by 10 wickets with 252 balls remaining.

Shaw brought up back-to-back fifties and remained unbeaten on 57 off 39 balls, while Kalra was not out on 9 as India crossed the finish line with no hiccups whatsoever.

Even during the first match, Shaw scored 94 and shared a 180-run stand with fellow opener Kalra (86) to power India to a colossal 328/7.